Finally, A Visual Thesaurus For Visual People
By Nick Daugherty | January 18, 2008
I always liked the idea of a thesaurus but when I’m actually trying to write something, somehow I don’t find most of them the least bit helpful. But here’s an online tool I just love:
Visual Thesaurus by Thinkmap, Inc. generates visual trees of related keywords, sort of like a mind map. You type in a term and rich word trees spring up. Then you can click on the next word and the next word and the tree continues to morph.
I just finished a new song and I think I used it six or seven times to find just the perfect word.
There’s a free demo and a yearly membership is a paltry $20. Give it a whirl.
How to Improve Your Songwriting Once and for All
By John Braheny | October 25, 2007
Looking for a hot tip on how to become the best writer in your genre?
The best way is to constantly and persistently study what hit songwriters do. Learn from the best. Listen to the radio and take notes on what hit songs have in common. (more…)
Publishing 101
By John Braheny | October 24, 2007
There are lots of great articles and resources out there about songwriting, but if you ever want to make money from songwriting, you need to understand the publishing side of things. (more…)
Song Critiques: How to Take A Punch to the Gut
By Dave Byers | October 1, 2007
As writers we love to get other people’s opinion of our songs.
Usually we finish a new song, and we’re so proud of it, we want everybody to hear it and get excited too, so they can celebrate our greatness and lavish praise on us of how wonderfully talented we are.
Asking for feedback will usually get you one of two things:
- An honest critique
- A sugar-coated critique
This may seem obvious, but the truth is that many writers never reach their full potential, because they (1) get their feelings hurt from a negative critique; and (2) they wallow in mediocrity because they never got honest, constructive feedback. (more…)
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